Alex Petric

PhD Candidate | Planning
Alex Petric

Prior Degrees

Master of Science, Rural Planning & Development, University of Guelph, 2019

Master of Science, Applied Mathematics, University of Guelph, 2016

Bachelor of Math, University of Windsor, 2013

Supervisor

Dr. Dawn Parker

Contact information

apetric@uwaterloo.ca

Planning Interest

  • Housing

  • Social capital

  • Cities as complex adaptive systems

  • Agent-based modelling for urban social networks

  • Third-sector/Non-profit activity

Research Topic

Impacts of missing middle housing on social capital in communities.

Presentations/Publications/Professional Experience

Publications:

  • Petric, A., Parker, D. C., Geobey, S., & Wright, K. (2024). Making room for everyone: Assessing housing needs and suitability in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario via time, space, and equity lenses. Canadian Planning and Policy/Aménagement Et Politique Au Canada, 2024(2), 43–80. https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/cpp/article/view/17254

  • Law, J., & Petric, A. T. (2024). Monitoring day and dark traffic collisions in Toronto neighbourhoods with implications for injury reduction and Vision Zero initiatives: A spatial analysis approach. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 207, 107728. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457524002732

  • Reid, B., Petric, A., Levett, K., Squires, E. (2023). Place-based generosity during the pandemic: Innovative rural philanthropic organizations’ responses to COVID-19 and (re-)building resilient rural communities in Canada. Local Development & Society, 1–16.
  • Petric, A. T., & Gibson, R. F. (2022). Embedding rural capital? Community investment funds in Canada and their implications for rural communities. Community Development, 1-20.
  • Petric, A., Guzman-Novoa, E., & Eberl, H. J. (2017). A mathematical model for the interplay of Nosema infection and forager losses in honey bee colonies. Journal of biological dynamics, 11(sup2), 348-378.

Presentations:

  • Petric, A. (2024, August). Making room for everyone: Assessing housing needs and suitability in Waterloo Region, Ontario via time, space, and equity lenses. Presentation at the European Regional Sciences Association Conference, Terceira, Portugal [Online component].

  • Petric, A., & Gibson, R. (2021, September). Embedding local capital: Lessons from community investment fund programs in Canada. Presentation at the 33rd Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Conference, Online.
  • Petric, A., & Gibson, R. (2019, October). A glimpse of rural philanthropy in Canada. Poster presented at the 31st Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, St. John’s, NL.
  • Petric, A. (2018, October). Opportunities and obstacles for open data in rural Canada. Presentation at the 30th Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, Saskatoon, SK.
  • Wylie, B., Weeden, A., Gaspard, V., & Petric, A. (2018, May). Community continuum: Rural/Urban and the missing middle in open government. Panel discussion at GOOD 2018 – Open Data Conference, Barrie, ON.
  • Petric, A. & Stoop, N. (2017, September). The definition of rural and its implications. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, Nelson, BC.
  • Petric, A. (2015, October). Mathematical modelling of honeybee populations, some of their diseases, and other stressors. Presented at the 5th International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems, University of Western Ontario, London, ON.

Experience:

  • Rural Data Analyst, Rural Ontario Institute, 2021
  • Research Assistant, University of Guelph, 2017–2021

At the University of Waterloo